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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Nur describe Deven's relationship with Hindi?
2. Where does Murad visit Deven at the start of Chapter 1?
3. What subject does Deven teach at the university?
4. What does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?
5. What animal does the bus hit while Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Deven react when Murad tells him he will not be going to Nur's with him? What does Murad do to try to appease his friend?
2. What does Murad suggest Deven do in order to successfully get an interview with Nur, while continuing his college work as well?
3. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?
4. What "bad omens" does Deven see as he rides to Delhi and upon first arriving?
5. Describe what Deven sees when he first enters Nur's room in Chapter 2?
6. How are young Murad and Deven described in Chapter 1?
7. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married? In what ways is their marriage different from how Sarla imagined?
8. What scene does Deven encounter when he follows Nur and the sounds of screaming during his first visit in Chapter 3?
9. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches Hindi and not Urdu at the college?
10. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Even though this novel has many characters, what makes Deven the protagonist of this novel? Compare his role in the novel to definitions of protagonists.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Desai of In Custody. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the Urdu language as a symbol in In Custody. In what scenes is Urdu discussed? What is the context? How does the dying Urdu language develop the narrative?
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